Photo: Nhl4hamilton · Public domainExpensive homes pull Durand’s average 52% above the middle
Owners valued the median home at $448,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $681,557. There is no public record of sale prices in Ontario, which leaves the census value as the guide for Durand. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $353,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices. Durand doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Hamilton.
Durand’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Ontario’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $682K
- Owners
- 1,545
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Ontario’s towns
- $232K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
On the assessment roll, Hamilton’s houses sit 52% above Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 71% of the 178,695 properties on Hamilton’s 2024 roll; condos for 6%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Ontario’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
More apartments than most: 91% of the homes in Durand (Ontario’s towns: 13%)
The 2021 census counted 8,165 occupied homes in Durand. The older half dates from before 1981. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Durand | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 19% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 24% | 9% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Building at the pace of Ontario’s towns: 16 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hamilton, against 15
Hamilton issued permits for 20,374 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 3,396 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 15%, where Ontario’s towns built 66%.
A peak in 2023: 5,130 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Rising: 3,048 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 8% more
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Hamilton metro area
Durand is cheaper than most of Ontario’s towns: 36% under their $695,000 median
The census values of Ontario’s towns, 871 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Durand: Corktown
Next to Durand: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durand | $448K | $682K | 19% | |
| Corktown | $400K | $467K | 19% | 0.9 |
| Kirkendall North | $700K | $744K | 49% | 1 |
| Central | $580K | $581K | 28% | 1.2 |
| Strathcona | $600K | $607K | 44% | 1.3 |
| Centremount | $700K | $658K | 63% | 1.4 |
| Beasley | $500K | $554K | 19% | 1.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Durand
How many households in Durand are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 24% of Durand’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 9% of Ontario’s towns.
Is Durand expensive for Ontario?
Less than most: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Durand sits below it.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).